while I agree with what u are saying in theory...in most cases of practicality...it doesn't work out that way...they know how it's loaded...they know u were going to be close or over that's why they said oh we can but....gonna take awhile.....I used to be an owner of a heavy liability business and had a mentor I was talking to...one time I asked him....how am I supposed to comply with every freaking little thing and still operate my business?!?...his answer is your not.....u just do the best u can and come as reasonably close to compliance as possible and cya ie avoid situations(scales) if need be....
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Were you allowed on the dock while loading? Those heavy loads of rice need to be staggered to distribute the weight evenly. Don't assume they are loading that trailer correctly. If you said it's 43,000lbs on 11 pallets all in the nose that should have been a major red flag
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Louisiana too....guess it's four states.....
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Send macro 50 to cya too. that will be your proof for detention pa.
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Honestly I have been really near 12,000 in a few of those states and still got the green light at the scale....I just figured if it came down to it with the weigh master I had my cat scale ticket to reason with him if it came to that.....
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I should have told them to move it. I saw it beforehand and figured they knew what they were doing. My mistake for sure. I sent 4 Mac 50s over the past 2 days. Scaled it 6 times.
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I saw how the pallets were focused up towards the nose but I figure they do this all the time. They sealed it and then I got the bills with the weight. It was about 1000 over the plan. Next time I'll know. Usually these heavy loads they stagger the pallets a certain way also and this place didn't. Should have been a red flag too but figured they must do this all the time. Never again.It wasn't a typical dock. One of those outdoor all by itself type docks. What was getting me about that setup is that they won't load in the rain because of the rice. So had it not stopped raining I might have still been sitting there. Hopefully tomorrow I'll find out the status on the detention. If its only for the 2 extra hours I sat at the shipper I'm not going to be happy.
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